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Pink Sweat$ swings through Bangkok
Life, Published on 13/09/2022
» American singer and songwriter Pink Sweat$ will be performing a string of his sweet R&B songs in front of Thai fans during the "Pink Sweat$ Presents Pink Moon Live In Bangkok" at Muangthai Rachadalai Theatre, 4th floor of the Esplanade, Ratchadaphisek Road, on Sept 30 at 8pm.
The cuckoo-clock tune that went to No.1
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 30/05/2021
» It was amusing to see that the UK entry to the Eurovision Song Contest last weekend attracted a grand total of zero votes. However, singer James Newman shouldn't fret too much as not getting any votes is almost a badge of honour in this annual festival of kitsch where music takes second place to gaudy, garish, glitter.
Early encounters with the Nite Owl
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 18/10/2020
» A few words on former colleague Bernard Trink, who sadly passed away last week at the age of 89.
Chopin with added scholarly polish
Life, Published on 18/07/2019
» The Bangkok Chopin Society invites you to a masterclass by award-winning Polish-American pianist and college professor Anna Kijanowska on Sunday from 2-5.30pm.
RbsO features Japanese violinist
Life, Published on 24/05/2018
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra will present a Romantic repertoire of two monumental works during the "Mayuko Kamio Plays Brahms Violin Concerto" concert in the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre, Ratchadaphisek Road, on May 30 at 8pm.
Come on Baby, Light My Fire
B Magazine, Published on 30/07/2017
» After 24 years in Bangkok there's no hoodwinking Jerry Hopkins, pioneering Rolling Stone reporter and author of No One Here Gets Out Alive, the cult biography of The Doors' self-styled shaman-poet Jim Morrison.
Brahms, Schumann and a royal tribute
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 06/07/2017
» On July 15, the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra will feature two giants of 19th century musical history and one world premiere tribute to Thailand's late monarch.
Don't think twice, Bob -- it's all right
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 23/10/2016
» Everyone has an opinion on Bob Dylan being the first songwriter to win the Nobel prize for literature. The organisers explained Dylan was bestowed the honour "as a great poet". At the time of writing, he has yet to respond, a poet unusually lost for words.
Delusion and denim dreams
Life, Apipar Norapoompipat, Published on 08/04/2016
» It was an almost overwhelming experience of sights and sounds on Sunday as the Bangkok CityCity Gallery played host to Korakrit Arunanondchai's crazy, conceptual world of burnt denim, nightmare-inducing mannequins, and a giant cyber-jungle monster. A collection by the New York-based multimedia artist comprising denim paintings, abstract body paint and a floor-to-ceiling installation of entangled foliage, drones, wires, electronics and mannequins engendered a mixture of awe, appreciation and confusion in equal measure.
The Grande gesture
B Magazine, Chanun Poomsawai, Published on 07/09/2014
» The former Nickelodeon tween idol serves up a more mature, confident second album, but it's still her voice that shines the brightest